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color=#0000ff size=2>Hello Mri studio users,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>I am working with a MRI scanner with bruker hardware and
siemens software. I acquire mosaic files and have been able to work with the
mosaic in DTI studio to then do a AIR registration. I produce whatever maps i
need. It works great. I then, upload the maps created by DTI studio to another
imaging software called PMOD, as Analize files, for coregistration with
a T2W rat brain Anatomy image. I am able produce good quality ROIs of the
brain areas i need. Just recently i have discovered, that the MR can also
provide for me the FA, TRACE, DWI, and ADC maps as DICOMs. These I can also
upload to Pmod for coregistration with the anatomy. So theoretically I can
choose to do this, but i have noticed that the quality of the maps produced by
the MR software are somehow "lacking". So my question is : Is the AIR and mutual
image registration in DTI studio crutial for the processing of the data from the
MR? I like the images produced by DTI studio better, but what is the basis of
the improvement? how is it different to the images calculated by the MR?
The MR software is Siemens Syngo. I know that DTI studio also provides
tractography which makes a better tool for this analisis, but if i would be just
interested inthe FA maps, are the images produced by the scanner enough?
(regarding affine coregistration)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>thanks in advance for your responses. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Salvador</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>